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T(n,k) = C(n,k)*k^(n-k) is the number of functions f from domain [n] to codomain [n+1] such that f(x)=n+1 for exactly k elements x of [n] and f(f(x))=n+1 for the remaining n-k elements x of [n]. Subsequently, row sums of T(n,k) provide the number of functions f:[n]->[n+1] such that either f(x)=n+1 or f(f(x))=n+1 for every x in [n]. We note that there are C(n,k) ways to choose the k elements mapped to n+1 and there are k^(n-k) ways to map n-k elements to a set of k elements. - Dennis P. Walsh, Sep 05 2012

Up to signs, this is the triangle of connection constants expressing the monomials x^n as a linear combination of the Abel polynomials A(k,x) := x*(x+k)^(k-1), 0 <= k <= n. O.g.f. for the k-th column: A(-k,1/x) = x^k/(1-k*x)^(k+1). Cf. A061356. Examples are given below. - Peter Bala, Oct 09 2011

The o.g.f.'s for the diagonals of this triangle are the rational functions occurring in the expansion of the compositional inverse (with respect to x) (x-t*x*exp(x))^-1 = x/(1-t) + 2*t/(1-t)^3*x^2/2! + (3*t+9*t^2)/(1-t)^5*x^3/3! + (4*t+52*t^2+64*t^3)/(1-t)^7*x^4/4! + .... For example, the o.g.f. for second subdiagonal is (3*t+9*t^2)/(1-t)^5 = 3*t + 24*t^2 + 90*t^3 + 240*t^4 + .... See the Bala link. The coefficients of the numerator polynomials are listed in A202017. - Peter Bala, Dec 08 2011